It is so powerful to see the world and feel the different energies of the earth in different places, to meet the people and see the culture, so rich with beauty. The facets of this journey are many. As I spent just a night in Cusco at 11,000 feet, with elevation...

en·tel·e·chy ənˈteləkē/ nounPHILOSOPHY noun: entelechy the realization of potential. the supposed vital principle that guides the development and functioning of an organism or other system or organization. plural noun: entelechies the soul. How much can we see of...

I want to sit down and write for just a bit. Not to you, or at you, but perhaps with you, if you’ll let me. As I sit here, doing my very best to be present and breathe, flow with the many layers of emotions that are coming through me, and soften to them, I recognize...

Sweet times, blessed times, hard times, breath and tears, laughter and love. I am grateful for a year full of the biggest gifts and the hardest struggles, the most powerful transformations and the most humbling suffering... I am so grateful for a year of traveling and...

Welcome to the moment. Memoirs of yesterday bring me to the yearning to share this wisdom I've stumbled through over the past six months... February, my back went out, two weeks before my flight to Abidjan was scheduled to leave. I had to go. This had been my dream...

I hope you are enjoying the new website, just launched in time for Valentine's Day 2016! I'm excited for you to explore the new look, and now be able to order direct on jlmerrillmetalworks.com with our new shopping cart. Here's the official Valentine's Day special,...